| | "Free trade" is a [[Marxist]] concept used to advance [[globalist]] policies that strip nations of their identity and sovereignty.<ref>Gomez, Christian (September 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/33405-bilateral-betrayal-the-road-to-globalist-serfdom Bilateral Betrayal: The Free Trade Route to Globalism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/34038-art-thompson-free-trade-agenda-for-new-world-order Free Trade = Agenda for New World Order]. ''The New American''. November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.</ref> | | "Free trade" is a [[Marxist]] concept used to advance [[globalist]] policies that strip nations of their identity and sovereignty.<ref>Gomez, Christian (September 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/33405-bilateral-betrayal-the-road-to-globalist-serfdom Bilateral Betrayal: The Free Trade Route to Globalism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/34038-art-thompson-free-trade-agenda-for-new-world-order Free Trade = Agenda for New World Order]. ''The New American''. November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.</ref> |
| − | Misguided free trade can exist between a potential future enemy of a country, leading to national security problems and greater defense costs. | + | Misguided free trade can exist between a potential future enemy of a country, leading to national security problems and greater defense costs. [[China]], for example, uses free trade to fund its military and suppress its people, which increases military defense costs in the United States. |
| | Free trade can have undesired side effects, such as a massive loss of manufacturing jobs by the wealthier trading partner though a mechanism known as [[offshoring]] jobs to a trading partner having cheaper labor. Moreover, nearly all of the benefits of free trade can accrue to the trading partner or its government, which may be an enemy of the wealthier trading partner. Additionally, free trade leads to reduced independence and [[sovereignty]] of a country, makes it dependent on other nations (including geopolitical enemies), and leads to [[one-world government]]. Globalists push for free trade for such reasons, rather than to improve trade.<ref>Scaliger, Charles (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29719-free-trade-isn-t-really-about-trade “Free Trade” Isn’t Really About Trade]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref> | | Free trade can have undesired side effects, such as a massive loss of manufacturing jobs by the wealthier trading partner though a mechanism known as [[offshoring]] jobs to a trading partner having cheaper labor. Moreover, nearly all of the benefits of free trade can accrue to the trading partner or its government, which may be an enemy of the wealthier trading partner. Additionally, free trade leads to reduced independence and [[sovereignty]] of a country, makes it dependent on other nations (including geopolitical enemies), and leads to [[one-world government]]. Globalists push for free trade for such reasons, rather than to improve trade.<ref>Scaliger, Charles (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29719-free-trade-isn-t-really-about-trade “Free Trade” Isn’t Really About Trade]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref> |